The Baha'i Studies Listserv Hi, It is better to recognize God (through Bahá'u'lláh), but we should not force anybody. Where Bahá'u'lláh says that everybody "must" become bahá'í?
Hasan >I have seen Baha'i blogs where a sense 3 usage of Baha'ullah's writings >combined with promoting >independent investigation of truth leads to imply >that every man, woman, and child in the world should and must >become Baha'i >because Baha'ullah says so. The status of Jews, Christians, Muslims, Bayanis, >Zoroastrians, Hindus, and >Buddhists depends on the sense you use as well. >This is despite Baha'is criticizing Christians doing the same thing with >the >Bible and converting the world to Christianity because Jesus/Bible says so. http://www.wilmetteinstitute.org/projects/affirmations.html __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-687622-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu